‘A lot of young people with ADHD feel misunderstood by family and in school’Some studies have found more than one in 10 third-level students with ADHD have attempted to take their own livesMon Nov 21 2022 - 10:08
Why do we try to confuse people who come to an Irish hospital?One Small Change: Hospitals use needlessly complicated language. What’s wrong with plain English? Think how much clearer it would make hospital signsMon Nov 21 2022 - 05:31
100 ways to stay healthy and happy, from switching off devices to performing random acts of kindnessFive experts at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have written a book about the six pillars of lifestyle medicineTue Nov 15 2022 - 05:01
HSE says health services will be carbon neutral by 2050Dr Philip Crowley presents overview of system’s first climate action strategy set to be ready by end of yearWed Nov 09 2022 - 19:00
Can Ireland shake its bad reputation for hospital food?Healthcare budget cuts from 1990s that have not been reversed viewed as a main reason why food remains poor in hospitalsWed Nov 09 2022 - 05:31
How to improve Ireland’s health system: Recognise its staff as advocates for climate actionOne Small Change: We need to ramp up the HSE Green Healthcare Programme and extend it into all areas of clinical practiceMon Nov 07 2022 - 05:01
‘Most women think they’re going to die from breast cancer - they are six times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease’Woman who survived heart attack stresses importance of getting blood pressure and cholesterol checkedWed Nov 02 2022 - 05:31
‘There is an epidemic of short-sightedness’The Covid-19 pandemic forced innovation for eye care in Ireland, consultant ophthalmologist Dr Emma Duigan saysTue Nov 01 2022 - 05:01
Paying the price for the hidden costs of cheap foodEnglish farmer and best-selling author James Rebanks says farming has become reduced to a financial and engineering challenge rather than a biological activitySat Oct 29 2022 - 05:00
Flexible but not forgotten There must be a level playing field for everyone working, especially as many people still choose to do their jobs remotelyWed Oct 26 2022 - 00:00
Halloween events: 20 things for culture vultures to do over the midtermAn indoor ‘scream park’, atmospheric musical performances, scary movies and a chilling bus tourMon Oct 24 2022 - 05:00
Multi-layered art-science collaboration explores the experience of epilepsyProject brings together an artist, a composer and a neurophysiologist to evoke and explain the inner workings of a seizureFri Oct 21 2022 - 09:15
Surgery waiting lists: ‘Emergency department patients will always win over elective patients’Surgeons Deborah McNamara and Kevin Barry offer insight into how hospitals can deal with backlogs in surgery in the context of Covid and why Ireland needs more surgeonsFri Oct 21 2022 - 06:01
Respiratory physiologists ‘need more hygiene equipment and facilities’ in Irish hospitals to do their jobs properlyOne Small Change: Increased infection measures and patchy availability of equipment are leading to longer waiting listsFri Oct 21 2022 - 05:31
What are the prospects of addressing Ireland’s catastrophic decline in species and habitats?Environmental campaigners disillusioned by prospect of yet another biodiversity plan lacking teethThu Oct 20 2022 - 06:00
Enough vacant buildings to solve Ireland’s homeless crisis, conference toldDublin event highlights potential of repurposing old buildings to provide housingSat Oct 15 2022 - 12:05
Planning a ‘good death’ in Ireland: ‘We have made our wills and told our children our wishes’The Irish Hospice Foundation has launched its revised advance care planning toolkit Think AheadTue Oct 04 2022 - 06:01
‘Development checks by public health nurses should be continued for all babies’One Small Change: Proposed removal of routine checks in parts of the State in favour of a prioritisation system must not happenMon Sept 26 2022 - 06:01
‘We need to think more about how walking can help us overcome violence’A conference in Dublin this week celebrated the nation’s new favourite hobby and looked at ways of dethroning the carSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:00
Nature Diary: Falling FruitVoluntary organisation Falling Fruit has organised teams of volunteers to harvest unwanted fruit nationwideSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:00
Cork, Chapman, crutches, cartoon, culture night and how ‘Chronic Pain is NOT Make Believe’A fall down the stairs left the artist with chronic sciatica. She uses large-format graphics to understand and come to terms with agonyWed Sept 21 2022 - 05:31
Majority of women can’t name any sign or symptom of common cancerSurvey finds low awareness of symptoms of uterine cancersMon Sept 19 2022 - 19:01
Climate action: ‘People have to feel part of the solution, not the cause of the problem’Five climate activists on why changing hearts and minds is the way to meet Ireland’s 2030 emissions targets and become a net-zero society by 2050Mon Sept 19 2022 - 05:00
‘My husband was invited in with me to get the results, so I knew it must be bad news’A home-test kit detected Niamh Ferry’s bowel cancer. She wants to break down any stigma attached to such potentially life-saving screeningTue Sept 13 2022 - 05:01
Hospital colleagues talk of burnout and a lack of camaraderie. I know how we can begin to change thatOne Small Change: Irish healthcare staff need to embrace a “support one another” attitudeMon Sept 12 2022 - 03:16
Nature diary: Brittas Bay biodiversityRaising awareness of this Special Area of Conservation remains key to its survivalSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Doing the school run in the saddle: Swapping the car for the cargo bikeAn Taisce’s new Safe Routes to School campaign focuses on the many health benefits of switching from the car to the bikeMon Sept 05 2022 - 06:00
How to get more people cycling? It needs to be ‘fun’Expert indicates potential positive outcome for Dublin to look at developing low-stress cycling networkMon Sept 05 2022 - 04:45
Nature diary: Protecting our hedgrerows Escaped hedges, also known as linear woodland trees, should only be trimmed at the side and never toppedSat Sept 03 2022 - 05:00
Trinity researchers give new hope for sufferers of age-related macular degeneration Study is the first evidence that shows improvement of visual function in dry AMDSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
90% of people believe level of anxiety in Irish society is worryingSix out of 10 are afraid of experiencing mental health difficulties in the future, survey findsThu Aug 25 2022 - 00:01
Why all over-70s should have a chance to talk about end-of-life care with their GPOne Small Change: Prof Brendan O’Shea, a public health and primary care specialist, on a simple way to improve Ireland’s health systemTue Aug 23 2022 - 05:31
One Small Change: A GP and clinical lead on how to improve our health systemIt is easy to design a more humane, compassionate training system and work experience for our junior doctors to help them stay hereMon Aug 15 2022 - 06:01
One small change: Two psychology researchers on how to improve our health systemAll healthcare professionals dealing with cancer patients should be able to refer their patients for psychological supportThu Aug 11 2022 - 06:01
One Small Change: A physiotherapist on how to improve our health systemAllowing physios to refer patients for X-rays would greatly improve efficiencyThu Aug 04 2022 - 05:31
Reading to babies and toddlersLooking through picture books helps children figure out their everyday world and prepares them for focusing on the more complex symbols of languageSat Jul 23 2022 - 11:44
Dublin’s Dead Zoo comes back to life: ‘You can see how beautiful animals are when they are dead’After almost two years of restoration works, the Natural History Museum will welcome visitors againSat Jul 23 2022 - 06:00
One small change: A physiotherapist on how to improve our health systemTwo-thirds of women with bladder or bowel incontinence see improvements on completion of a series of pelvic floor exercisesTue Jul 19 2022 - 17:45
Eight ways to make a pricey Irish holiday more affordableWith a week away potentially costing an astronomical €4,000, these tips should help you have a less wallet-busting vacationFri Jul 15 2022 - 05:00
Conservation grazing yielding tangible biodiversity returnsExperts highlight the positives of a return to natural land management through the seasonsThu Jul 14 2022 - 06:00
Ireland is having a Covid summer: Should we mask up once again?Had pandemic fatigue set in or were we lulled into a false sense of security, assuming the virus would not spread as easily during the summer months?Sat Jul 09 2022 - 06:00
One small change: A clinical trials manager on how to make Ireland’s health system better‘Patients should be encouraged and empowered to ask their doctor about participating in a trial or a research study’Thu Jul 07 2022 - 06:01
New app offers online IT training for people with intellectual disabilitiesDigiAcademy app co-created by people with intellectual disabilities is part of European project Digi-ID to address challenges of digital inclusionSun Jul 03 2022 - 10:00
‘As leaders we don’t always need to have all the answers’ Women leaders can be at their most effective when they are being their authentic selvesFri Jul 01 2022 - 00:01
What to bring, and what not to bring, if you have to stay in hospitalThe first thing to remember is all your medical documents, next up is a list of your medicationsThu Jun 30 2022 - 06:01
One small change: A consultant in paediatric intensive care on improving our health system A call for a public forum where those seeking health and social services can explain their needsTue Jun 28 2022 - 06:00
Delay in rolling out electronic health records an ‘enormous missed opportunity’Ireland is the fourth last country in Europe to embrace the widespread introduction of electronic health records for patientsSat Jun 25 2022 - 06:00
Street Feast: Dust off the bunting and barbecues, it’s outdoor party season with the neighboursSome 100,000 people are expected to attend 1,200 Street Feasts around the country this weekendSat Jun 25 2022 - 05:00
One small change: a specialist anaesthesiology trainee on how to make Ireland’s health system betterHealthcare workers deserve to have nutritious and sustainable food available to them in hospitalsMon Jun 20 2022 - 06:01
‘Our big fear was that productivity might drop’The companies in Derry letting their employees decide where they workFri Jun 17 2022 - 00:55
